SCHEDULE A
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Title:
Registered Nurse
Classification:
Registered Nurse Grade 2
Current Occupant:
Appropriate Award
In accordance with the Nurses (Health Services) Award &
Enterprise agreement 2012-2016.
Department:
Nursing
As per contract of Employment
Hours of Duty
Date approved:
Approved by:
Chief Executive Officer
Organisational Relationships
Reports to:
Unit Manager – Acute Care and Aged care Unit Managers job share
Directly supervises:
Relievers
Enrolled nurses
Internal liaisons:
Executive Staff – Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Clinical Services Manager (CSM)
All other LCH staff
Administration Team
Volunteers
External liaisons:
With the authority of the Manager –
 Members of Lorne Community and Hospital Auxiliary
 Community organisations, groups, individuals
 Clients, residents, patients and their families/carers
To provide quality nursing care to all clients/residents/patients of the Lorne
Community Hospital and wider community.
Position Purpose
To provide quality nursing care to all clients/residents/patients of the Lorne Community Hospital and wider
community. In the absence of senior staff take an in-charge role.
Key Responsibility Areas
Organisational
Responsibilities
Organisation Culture
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To understand and adopt (Lorne Community Hospital) LCH values in all
areas of work with attention to customer service, teamwork and
community relations.
Abide by the rules of the Lorne Community Hospital Code of Conduct and
role model the organisational values.
Customer Focus
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Model the Hospital’s Customer Service philosophy as detailed in policy
and value statements.
Occupational Health and Safety
 Provide leadership in taking responsibility for your own health and safety
and for the health and safety of anyone else who may be affected by your
acts or omissions in the workplace.
 Work within Occupational Health and Safety Acts, regulations and codes
of practice.
 Maintain a practical understanding and participate in future development
of the emergency management plan.
Risk Management
 Ensure effective and timely risk identification, assessment, control and
issue resolution processes are maintained.
Management and Control
 Ensure professional, moral, ethical and responsible management
practices in all areas of responsibility.
 Understand and take responsibility to work within the delegations of
authority.
Quality Management
 Ensure all services are provided within a quality and risk management
framework, with demonstrated outcomes.
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Functional
Responsibilities
Coordinate the ongoing quality improvement work in accordance with
the strategic quality systems of the Organisation.
Facilitate the acute accreditation processes throughout the survey cycle.
Leadership
 Exhibit leadership behaviours and provide a professional role model.
Personnel Management
 Take a role with the delegation and supervision of other staff ensuring
that patient care is of the highest standard
 Participate in motivation and educate all staff to optimise involvement
and responsibility for quality improvements
 Participate in the preceptorship of all students at LCH
Quality and Evidence Based Practice
 Assist with data for quality improvement and Clinical Risk.
 Management activities as required in consultation with the Nurse Unit
Managers (NUMs).
 Be familiar with the Quality plans for the Organisation and the clinical
units and participate in meeting those plans.
Risk Management
 Ensure all decisions are in line with the LCH Instrument of Delegation.
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Take responsibility for reporting all events outside normal daily routine
with possible risk implications be reported to the DCS in an appropriate
time frame &/or logged on Riskman.
Participate in the ongoing development and maintenance of systems,
policies and procedures for the identification, collection and analysis of risk
related information.
Participate in and ensure excellent understanding of emergency procedures.
Service Development
 Provide a positive role model to all staff and key stakeholders.
 Maintain current knowledge of nursing trends and best practice care
 Attend external seminars and study days as appropriate and give
feedback to nursing department and organisation.
Clinical Responsibilities
 Provide effective and efficient clinical care, and work in collaboration
with nursing and medical colleagues to ensure the maintenance of safe,
integrated, person-centred care.
 Establish a safe working environment in which patients receive a high
standard of care.
 Ensure staff, patients and carers receive education and health
information appropriate to their needs.
 Participate in the facilitation of patient / client / resident care whilst on
duty.
 Treat all patients with care, compassion, dignity and respect at all times
and without compromise.
 Ensure that all patients receive timely, accurate, up to date information in
respect of their overall health status and health management plan.
 Ensure that all residents / patients & clients are involved in the decision
making process about their health management program, and maintain
Privacy and Confidentiality.
 Ensure that effective communication occurs with all patient and their
relatives in relation to their health management from staff and health
professionals.
Selection Criteria
Individual Responsibilities
 Self-Management – set personal as well as professional goals that
address workload management, time commitments and relationships in a
manner that enables acceptable performance and work life balance to be
maintained.
 Professional Development – demonstrate a commitment to individual
and team professional development and set achievable goals consistent
with the organization’s objectives and individual competency.
 Maintain effective communication and liaison with NUMs and the team
 Participate in the appraisal process six months after commencement and
annually thereafter.
Essential
Registered Nurse (AHPRA).
Current experience in acute nursing.
Willingness to work both in aged acre and acute areas.
Well-developed communication and interpersonal skills.
Well-developed problem – solving abilities.
Demonstrated ability to manage change and ambiguity.
Commitment to flexibility and innovation in practice including evidence – based
approach to care.
Demonstrated ongoing commitment to professional development.
Demonstrate computer skills.
Desirable
Experience in Emergency Nursing.
Advanced Life Support Competency
Approved: ___________________
Chief Executive Officer
K Gillan
Date:
___________________
I acknowledge and agree that the above job description is a true and accurate description of my
current role.
Signed:
____________________
# Employee
Name:
____________________
Date:
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